Potato-planter.



L. A. ASPINWALL.

POTATO PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21,1912.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913. I z

Wumms;

the stripping plates and adapted with the movement of the head to insure the stripping: of the potatoes from the prongs and the delivery thereof.

in my aforesaid patents, and particularly Patent No. 864,595, it wilt be apparent that the advancing end thereof has been very ap gireciably shortened. for experiment has (einonstrated that e long pointed head was 3. The combination in a potato planter .iiabie to hold the seed potatoes on the with each picker arm, of a blunt ended prongs and prevent the delivery of the same inge piece a pivot therefor at the end of .reely, quicklv and accurately when the head I the arm, means for controlling the swingwas tripped. A further experiment has shown, comiusively, that the shortening of the head and the addition thereto of the Wardly and forwardly inclined position,

stripping devices or plates 20 effectually re- I stripping plates and a disk roller secured to move the potatoesfrom the prongs when the and mo 'able with the picker head, the stripmg movement of sold hinge I secured to said arm and occupying an uppiiyir-r head is tr pped and at exactly the ping plates coming at opposite sides of the rigi-J noizient and the right place, so that prongs and the disk roller between the the i. tion and timing of the discharge of prongs.

the iotatoes accurate and positive. 4. The combination in a potato planter 'ih ciprovemcnt is deoidedly advanwith each picker arm, of a blunt ended hinge piece, a pivot therefor at the end of potato planting machines. and no difference the arm, means for controlling the swinging in the operation appears with this improve movement of said hinge piece, prongs sement, so far are rel to taking up the po- 1 cured to said arm tatoes from the ct Wardly l claim in; nvention: stripping plates and a disk roller secured to l: in a potato planter, a picker device ini and movable with the picker head, the strip eluding); strip 'iing nee, an intermediate l ping, plates coming at opposite sides of the h k roller and pr movable hinge prongs, and the disk roller between the pie with :i binnt ;,..:mcin; r end coming prongs, and a thumb piece pivoted to each approxin'iately in line with the prongs. p'sker arm and adapted to support the :2. The confirmation in a gi otato planter larger potatoes as impaled upon the prongs. with the picker dm'ice, including a movable Signed by me this 17th day of July 1912. hinge pi in) and prongs oi LEWIS AUGUSTUS ASPINWALL. nonmetal to the tageous in both my single and double row tripping plates mm" ls hinge piece, and Witnesses: coming; at opposite sides or the prongs and a disk roller between the prongs pivoted to l 

